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Real-Time Engines for Interactive Media

Many industries have begun using real-time engines to create interactive experiences and rapidly iterate on new design ideas. This course explores key concepts related to real-time engines and provides hands-on experience with creating basic interactive experiences with freely available tools, like Unreal Engine.

Student Teaching

Conduct ongoing reflection on your student teaching experience by documenting your insights, ideas, and concerns, while being guided through preparations for the required CalTPA state assessments.

Digital Painting for Visual Development

Intensive digital painting tailored to the visual development design process. You’ll utilize Photoshop and 3D software to create a suite of thematically related pieces demonstrating consistent lighting and effective value, color, depth, and focal point(s).

Architectural History – Introduction

Gain a broad overview of Western and non-Western architectural development from early to pre-modern periods—approximately 3000 B.C. to 1890 A.D. You will attain an essential frame of reference for the understanding of the cultural evolution of architecture.

Thesis Preparation and Development

Prepare for the final Master of Architecture Thesis course. You’ll begin by critically thinking through an architectural problem and researching related topics to your proposal: social equity concerns, environmental considerations, program development, and typology studies, among others.

Looking at Art and Design

Explore the fundamental building blocks of art and design through the study of painting, sculpture, graphic art, architecture, and other media to gain a historical and cultural appreciation of two- and three-dimensional art.

Professional Portfolio and Career Development

As you reach the completion of your degree, it’s time to prepare for your career in professional game development by compiling your best work into a portfolio, establishing a personal brand, and preparing all the materials you will need to apply for jobs in a very competitive industry.

Visual Development Styles

Apply style to animation visual development. You’ll learn to apply graphic, European, and Eastern styling techniques to character design, prop design, environment design, composition, value, and color.

Elements of Digital Painting

Gain the skills to digitally paint individual elements like skin, hair, facial features, wood, metal, stone, environments, and more.

Midpoint Thesis and Research

Students will prepare, research, and edit their thesis proposal, culminating in the presentation of their Midpoint Review. Passing the course and Midpoint Review will allow students to move on and enroll in their respective AHS Directed Study, in which they will use the work they’ve completed in AHS 750 to… Read More